Electrocardiogram changes in shift workers;Morfologia dell'elettrocardiogramma in lavoratori turnisti

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-292

  Meloni, M ^a   Del Rio, A ^a   Setzu, D ^a   Cocco, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; QTc interval; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77957775508     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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